Retrieved by Pat Darnell | July 19, 2011 | Bryan TX | from Email
An Interactive Webinar with
Practical Compliance Strategies
You have an employee on intermittent FMLA leave - and you suspect that he's abusing it.
He's developed a pattern of absences on Mondays, Fridays, and the days before and after holidays. He insists on scheduling doctor's appointments with zero regard for your company's coverage needs or schedule. And the real clincher? He was spotted shopping at the mall last week on a day he was out on leave.
You're pretty darn sure he's taking advantage, but how do you prove it? And, just as important, how do you legally stop it?
Join us for an in-depth webinar on July 27 all about effectively, and legally, nipping leave abuses in the bud.
You and your colleagues will learn:
- The type of notice you may require before honoring leave requests
- How to spot patterns of abuse, including "Monday/Friday syndrome"
- How a worker's failure to obtain continuing treatment could work to your advantage
- How to draft your attendance policy so that you can take disciplinary action against workers who don't provide adequate documentation for repeated absences
- How to obtain complete and sufficient medical certifications/re-certifications
- When you can - and should - request a second opinion to drill down into whether an employee is really suffering from a serious health condition
- Other practical steps for reducing FMLA abuse, including how to minimize disruptions caused by an employee's frequent absences due to doctor's appointments
- How much over-the-phone (and even in-person) checking up you may do on workers who are out on medical leave, without violating federal law
- When you can disqualify employees on leave from achievement and other bonuses
- What it means to "interfere" with workers' FMLA rights, and how to ensure that your quest to fight off habitual abusers doesn't result in legal liability for your company
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